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John Earle
John Earle , 1601?-1665, English clergyman and author. The Microcosmographie (1628), a collection of witty characterizations, is his most famous work. In 1663 he became bishop of Salisbury. ... Read more
Halden
Halden , town (1995 pop. 25,951), Østfold co., SE Norway, a port on the Iddefjord (an arm of the Skagerrak), near the Swedish border. Manufactures include forest products, footwear, and textiles. The first atomic reactor plant in Scandinavia was built there to furnish power for industry. The ... Read more
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke , 1635-1703, English physicist, mathematician, and inventor. He became curator of experiments for the Royal Society (1662), professor of geometry at Gresham College (1665), and city surveyor of London after the great 1666 fire. Considered the greatest mechanic of his age, he made many i... Read more
Chambly
Chambly , city (1991 pop. 15,893), S Que., Canada, on the Richelieu River, E of Montreal. Chambly Fort was built in 1665 and was a strategic point in the defense of New France against the British and the Iroquois. The British captured it in 1760. It was seized by the invading Americans in 1775 and... Read more
Charles Cotton
Charles Cotton 1630-87, English author. He is chiefly remembered for his contribution to his friend Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler (5th ed. 1676). His pleasant, unaffected verse includes "An Ode to Winter" and "The Retirement." He also wrote burlesques of Vergil (1664) and Lucian (1665) a... Read more
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Giuseppe Maria Crespi , 1665-1747, Italian painter of the Bolognese school, called Lo Spagnuolo. He is well represented in and around Bologna. His best-known works are the imposing paintings of the Seven Sacraments (1712; Dresden), but he is also noted for his spontaneous rendering of genre scenes... Read more
John Crowne
John Crowne c.1640-c.1703, English playwright. The favorite playwright of Charles II, he is remembered for several rather mediocre comedies. Crowne was influenced by the French tradition, particularly by Molière, and the mental states of his characters are more important than plot. Among his... Read more
Adam Frans van der Meulen
Adam Frans van der Meulen , c.1632-1690, Flemish painter of battle scenes and portraits. He was invited to Paris c.1665 and accompanied Louis XIV on military campaigns, carefully recording battles in drawings that he used as preparation for his detailed paintings and tapestry designs. All of these a... Read more
Sorel
Sorel sôrĕl´ , city (1991 pop. 18,786), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Richelieu rivers. It is a grain-shipping center with an important shipbuilding industry. Iron and steel, metal products, textiles, furniture, and plastics are made in Sorel. The city i... Read more
Philip Carteret
Philip Carteret 1639-82, first colonial governor of New Jersey . Carteret, commissioned by the proprietor, Sir George Carteret, his fourth cousin, arrived in the province in 1665. He soon faced disputes over confused land titles and rebellion by tenant farmers against quitrents (fixed rents). Afte... Read more

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Anne (England) (1665–1714; Ruled 1702–1714)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ANNE (ENGLAND) (1665 – 1714; ruled 1702 – 1714) ANNE (ENGLAND) (1665 – 1714; ruled 1702 – 1714), queen of Great Britain and Ireland. The last Stuart monarch, Anne was the second daughter of James...
Marie of Agreda (or Maria de Jesus) (1602-1665)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Marie of Agreda (or Maria de Jesus) (1602-1665) A Spanish nun, Maria Fernandez Coronel, who founded and was abbess of the Franciscan Recollects at Agreda. She published a...
Philip IV (Spain) (1605–1665)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World PHILIP IV (SPAIN) (1605 – 1665) PHILIP IV (SPAIN) (1605 – 1665), king of Spain (1621 – 1665). Philip, his father Philip III (1578 – 1621), and his son Charles II (1661 – 1700) are...
Poussin, Nicolas (1594–1665)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World POUSSIN, NICOLAS (1594 – 1665) POUSSIN, NICOLAS (1594 – 1665), French painter. Poussin is one of the artists most beloved by art historians because his slow but steadily developing talent, combined with his passion for...
Shabbetai Tzevi (also Sabbatai Sevi, Zevi, or Zebi, 1626–1676)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...claims and abrupt conversion to Islam in 1665 – 1666 convulsed Jewish communities...and inconsistent, but that changed in 1665 when he formed a relationship with a famed...Tzevi proclaimed himself messiah in May 1665 (Scholem, pp. 220 – 221...
Charles II (Spain) (1661–1700)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...king of Spain, Naples, and Sicily (1665 – 1700), son of Philip IV...king. Charles inherited his throne in 1665 at the age of four. His mother, Mariana...Spain in the Later Seventeenth Century, 1665 – 1700. London, 1980. Maura...
Anglo-Dutch Naval Wars
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...three wars (in 1652 – 1654; 1665 – 1667; 1672 – 1674...Company's Brazil venture. THE SECOND WAR (1665 – 1667) Tensions resurfaced...War was finally declared in February 1665. The Dutch capture of the English
Oldenburg, Henry (c. 1618–1677)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...twice married, first to Dorothy West (d. 1665), whom he married in 1663, and secondly...the Royal Society (first published in 1665) as an important vehicle for scientific...Philosophical Transactions. London, 1665 – 1677. Secondary Sources Boas...
Philip IV
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Philip IV Philip IV (1605-1665) was king of Spain from 1621 to 1665. During his reign Spain was engaged in foreign wars...the War of Devolution. Philip IV died on Sept. 17, 1665, just before Portugal's independence was recognized...
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617–1682)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...altarpieces for the Capuchin church in Seville (1665 – 1670). For the Hospital de...National Gallery, c. 1660 – 1665), shows the Baptist, smiling at the...Staatsgem ä ldesammlungen, c. 1665 – 1675). In most of these...

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Bartholin, Erasmus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...the comets of 23 December 1664 – 9 April 1665. In this effort he was assisted by Ole R ø...Copenhagen, 1664). Also see De cometis anni 1664 et 1665 opusculum (Copenhagen, 1665); his critique of Albert Curtz ’ s Historia...
Guarini, Guarino
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...is clear from his Placita Philosophica (1665), Euclides Adauctus (1671) and Architettura...s proposals for the Louvre, Paris (1665), with elements drawn from Borromini...Brinckmann (1931, 1932); Guarini (1660, 1665, 1671, 1674, 1675, 1676, 1678, 1683...
Billy, Jacques De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...mathematics, he taught his favorite subject from 1665 to 1668. An active correspondence between Billy...com è te qui a paru l ’ an 1665 au mois d ’ avril (Paris, 1665); Crisis astronomica de motu cometarum (Dijon...
Johnson, William
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1610; d. London, England, September 1665) chemistry . Born into the gentry and...reply to whose Galeno- pale (London, 1665) Johnson wrote Some Brief Animadversions...Upon Two Late Treatises. . . (London, 1665). Johnson was the editor of some parts...
Divini, Eustachio
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...P. Egidio Francesco Gottignes intorno alle macchie nuovamente scoperte nel mese di Luglio 1665, con suoi cannochiali nel pianeta di Giove (Rome, 1665); and Lettera sulle ombre delle stelle Medicee nel volto di Giove (Bologna,1666). II...
Pardies, Ignace Gaston
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...was ordained a priest in 1663 and was admitted to the order in 1665. During the remaining eight years of his life Pardies taught...treatise published in 1673. His correspondence from 1661 to 1665 with Kircher offers insight into the source of his initial inspiration...
Petit, Pierre
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...communities. His Dissertation sur la nature des com è tes (1665) was praised in England and on the Continent for the accuracy...prognostiques des eclipses et autres matieres curieuses (Paris, 1665); Dissertations academiques sur la nature du froid et du chaud...
Pepys, Samuel
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...important record of contemporary events, such as the Great Plague (1665–66), the Fire of London (1666), and the sailing of the Dutch fleet up the Thames (1665–67). The Diary was written in code and was first deciphered...
Fréart, Roland
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...corresponded a good deal from 1639 until Poussin's death in 1665; Chantelou's letters to Poussin are lost, but Poussin's...some of Poussin's views on art. When Bernini visited Paris in 1665–6 Chantelou was appointed his guide and companion...
Campani, Giuseppe
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...satellites of Jupiter and of the rings of Saturn in 1664 – 1665 and published the results. Also interested in the microscope...Astronomo nell ’ inclito Studio di Bologna (Rome, 1665) II. Secondary Literature. On Campani or his work, see S...

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Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665.
Magazine article from: Historical Studies; 1/1/1998; 700+ words ; ...Marguerite Bourgeoys from her birth in 1620 to 1665. Although she would live in Montreal for...1653 and the departure from Montreal in 1665 of Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve. Simpson...lt;The Montreal that evolved after 1665 was not the settlement of which its founders...
Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665. By Patricia Simpson. [McGill-Queens...hundred men" landed in Ville-Marie, to 1665, when Ville-Marie's first governor...t]he Montreal that evolved after 1665 was not the settlement of which its founders...
The Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy 1665-1700.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; The Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy 1665-1700. By Christopher Storrs. (New...2006. Pp. 271. $110.00.) The years 1665-1700 have been customarily seen as the...Spain in the Later Seventeenth Century, 1665-1700 [New York, N.Y.: Longman...
Security Council extends mandate of Panel of Experts on Sudan until 29 September, unanimously adopting resolution 1665 (2006); Also requests panel to provide midterm briefing within 90 days.
M2 Presswire; 3/30/2006; 700+ words ; ...September, unanimously adopting resolution 1665 (2006); Also requests panel to provide...By its unanimous adoption of resolution 1665 (2006), the Council requested the Panel...Resolution The full text of resolution 1665 (2006) reads, as follows: "The Security...
Culture Minister Barbara Follett takes action to protect the wreck of HMS London, sunk in the Thames Estuary in 1665.
M2 Presswire; 10/23/2008; 700+ words ; ...London, sunk in the Thames Estuary in 1665(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...London blew-up on passage from Chatham in 1665 with the loss of over 300 lives, an event...Pepys in his diary entry for March 8th 1665. Notes to Editors 1. The Secretary of...
Spanish Naval Power, 1589-1665.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; Spanish Naval Power, 1589-1665: Reconstruction and Defeat, by David Goodman, New York, Cambridge...during the Habsburg period, makes his Spanish NavalPower, 1589-1665 an excellent companion piece to I.A.A. Thompson's War and Government...
Choir's first new stalls since 1665.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 7/7/2007; 666 words ; ...Byline: By Tony Henderson THE first new choir stalls in Durham Cathedral since 1665 will be dedicated tomorrow. They will not replace the existing 17th Century...DEDICATION: Durham Cathedral choir is to get its first new stalls since 1665.
The resourceful traveler.(Atlas Maior of 1665)(Oxford Atlas of the World)(Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places)(One People, Many Journeys)(Airstream Living)(French Country Hideaways: Vacationing at Private Chateaus and Manors in Rural France)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 12/12/2005; 700+ words ; Byline: Toni Stroud Salama ATLASES _Atlas Maior of 1665 (Taschen; $200 hardcover) I'm looking out over the sea...lively detail across pages 418 and 419 of the Atlas Maior of 1665. They, and their companions in this 626-page behemoth, were...
Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame, 1665-1700.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Catholic New Times; 12/18/2005; ; 581 words ; Marguerite Bourgeoys and the Congregation of Notre Dame, 1665-1700 Patricia Simpson Published by McGill-Queen's University...Montreal, the author of Marguerite Bourgeoys and Montreal, 1640-1665, and co, author of Notre-Dame-de-BonSecours: A Chapel...
The Bassanos: Venetian Musicians and Instrument Makers in England, 1531-1665.
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...two families that dominated English Court music, ca. 1530-1665. During this time, certainly from 1550, family members formed...Added are appendixes 1, "Music and the English Bassanos after 1665" and 2, "Jacomo and the Venetian Bassanos." One can point...